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(7) M. Jenxinsir. (Masters.) 
Ment, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. VII. p. 323. 
Spec. CHAR. Straggling shrub: young shoots somewhat 4-sided 
and clothed with roughish down :. leaves opposite, 5-nerved, dentate : 
petioles fringed on the upper surface: bracts two, 3-nerved : calyx 
4-sided, 4-partite, not hairy nor clothed with ciliated scales: seg~ 
ments persistent: petals 4, deciduous: stamens 8: capsule 4-celled, 
many-seeded : racemes terminal, drooping: flowers bright-carmine. 
Saikwah and banks of the Soondree near the Duphla Hills in 
Assam. 
(8) M. Garrritnranum. (Masters.) 
Ident. Cale. Journ, Nat. Hist. VII. p. 323. 
Spec. Cuar. Dwarf shrub, densely covered with long stiffish 
hairs, often swollen and coloured at the base: branches 4-sided, 4~ 
angled: leaves opposite, short-petioled, lanceolate, rounded at the 
base, 5. nerved: calyx urceolate, tube covered with stellate bristles, 
4-partite or toothed: teeth lanceolate, stellately pointed witb alter- 
nate bristles: petals 4: stamens 8, equal: style ublique, incurved : 
stigma green: capsule 4-celled, many-seeded: panicles large, ter- 
minal: pedicels short: flowers numerous, purple. 
Seebsagur, Assam. 
GENUS V. TRIPLECTRUM. 
Octandria Monogynia. Sex; Syst: °° 
Deriv. From Treis, three, and Plektron, a spur. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx fleshy, somewhat infundibuliform, truncated 
at the margin: petals 3, two oblong, obtuse, recurved: the third, 
(which is formed of two united) broadly obovate, emarginate: sta- 
mens all similar: anthers oblong-linear, elongated but not beaked, 
opening by a terminal pore : connectivum produced at the base into 3 
short blunt spurs, 2 in front of the filament, the other behind it: 
ovary free, stalked, oval, glabrous: style slender, subulate; curved. 
(1) T. napicans. (Don.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 324. 
Spsc. Cuar. Glabrous shrub, throwing out roots from the 
joints : leaves roundish-oval, fleshy, 3-nerved, short-petioled, fre- 
quently there is only one pair on a short lateral branchlet, opposite, 
to which springs a solitary 1-flowered peduncle: flowers pale-rose.-- 
Courtallum. Travancere mountains. Flowering in April and 
May. 
